Bill Beutel

Acting•Born December 12, 1930•Died March 18, 2006 (age 75)•Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

William Charles Beutel (December 12, 1930 – March 18, 2006) was an American television reporter, journalist and anchor. He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting Company, spending much of that time anchoring Eyewitness News for WABC-TV in New York City. He also was an ABC radio network newscaster before ABC Radio's split into 4 networks on January 1, 1968. After the split he reported on the American Contemporary Network and occasionally substituted for Paul Harvey, while his Eyewitness News partner Roger Grimsby did a daily weekday afternoon radio newscast on the American Entertainment Network.